Our da Vinci Physicians
The most experienced robotic surgeons in the region are at St. Joseph's/Candler
Urological surgery
Buffi G. Boyd, M.D.
Dr. Boyd received her medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. It was also at the Medical College that Dr. Boyd completed her General Surgery Internship and her Urology Residency.
Dr. Boyd began her private practice in Savannah in 2004, and has been Board Certified in Urology since 2006.
Dr. Boyd is trained in the use of the da Vinci S Surgical System in performing prostatectomy's. For more information on Dr. Boyd, please visit www.urologysavannah.com or call 912-790-4000.
David L. Cheng, MD.
Dr. Cheng received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York. His internship and residency in General Surgery and Urology were performed at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Dr. Cheng has been Board Certified in Urology since 1997 and has been in private practice in Savannah since 1994.
Dr. Cheng is trained in the sue of the da Vinci S Surgical System in performing prostatectomy's. For more information on Dr. Cheng, please visit www.urologysavannah.com or call 912-790-4000.
John William Coursey, M.D.
Dr. Coursey received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. His residency in urological medicine was performed at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. After completing his residency, Dr. Coursey served as a Staff Urologist and later as Chief of Urology at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Dr. Coursey became a Diplomat in the American Board of Urology in 2003. Dr. Coursey received many honors and awards during his service in the military and is now in private practice in Savannah.
Dr. Coursey is trained in the use of the da Vinci S Surgical System in performing prostatectomy's. For more information on Dr. Coursey, please visit www.urologyscga.com or call 912-354-5779.
Stephen Michigan, M.D.
Dr. Michigan received his medical degree from John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland. He performed his Internship and Internal Medicine residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York.
Dr. Michigan's residency in Urology was conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Michigan has been Board Certified in Internal Medicine since 1974 and received Board Certification in Urology in 1980. Dr. Michigan has been in private practice in Savannah since 1978.
Dr. Michigan is trained in the use of the da Vinci S Surgical System in performing prostatectomy's. For more information on Dr. Michigan, please visit www.urologysavannah.com or call 912-790-4000.
Samuel A. Torres, M.D.
Dr. Torres received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines. He completed his internship at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and his General Surgery Residency at the State University of New York's Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse.
Dr. Torres completed his Urology Residency at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah. Georgia, and received his Fellowship in Urology from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Torres has been in private practice in Savannah since 1973, and has been Board Certified in Urology since 1975.
Dr. Torres is trained in the use of the da Vinci S Surgical System in performing prostatectomy's. For more information on Dr. Torres, please visit www.urologysavannah.com or call 912-790-4000.
Urogynecology Surgery
Joseph T. Stubbs III, M.D.
Dr. Stubbs received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He then completed his OB/GYN residency at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. After years of private practice, he began the first of two fellowships at Emory University in Atlanta in 2002. The first was Pelvic Surgery Fellowship, and the second was the Urogynecology/Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship.
Dr. Stubbs returned to Savannah to open the Savannah Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Center in August 2004. Dr. Stubbs is the only fellowship-trained, board-certified Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeon in the Region.
Dr. Stubbs is trained in the use of the da Vinci S Surgical System in performing certain urogynocology procedures like sacrocolpopexy, the correction of pelvic organ prolapse . For more information on Dr. Stubbs, please visit www.urogynsavannah.com or call 912-303-0891.




